The 2021 Tesla Model Y Is The Universal Daily Driver Photo: Bradley Brownell For the vast majority of American commuters, there isn’t a better daily back-and-forth commuter car than the Tesla Model Y Dual Motor Long Range. The Model Y achieves things that no other car can, which makes it exceptional in a field of largely unexceptional competitors. Advertisement ( Full Disclosure: Tesla does not have a public relations department and will not speak to the media, let alone lend any of us shrimp-munchers a new car to test. When a friend of mine with a Model Y asked if I wanted to swap cars for a month so I could get a taste of the best from Fremont, California, I jumped at the opportunity. I returned the car to its rightful owner in the same condition it was loaned to me. He calls it Moby, because it’s a big white whale.)